Sample-tab.



BERNARD F. STENZ,

COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A.

OF NEW YORK, IN. Y., ASSIGNOB. T0 SIMPLEX LITHOGRAPH CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

SAMPLE-TAB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented Nov. 5, 1915.

Application filed August 5, 1916. Serial No. 113,317.

To all whom it may concern.' f

Be it known that I, BERNARD F. STnNz, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State 0f New York, have invented a new and Improved Sample-Tab, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

he object of the present invention 1s to produce a sample tab so constructed that not only will there be a saving in the cost of the materials used, but a sample tab which shall be of lighter weight and will lic flatter as compared to those made heretofore, and by the use of which a saving in the cost of transportation will be effected.

A further object is to materially reduce the cost of labor in the production of such sample tabs.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which are also shown sample tabs as heretofore constructed.

In the drawing, Fi re 1 is a plan view of the blank from w ich the sample tabs are produced, also illustrating the method of manufacture.

Fig. 2 illustrates a proved sample tab.

Fig. 3 shows an edge View of one of the longer sides.

Fig. 4 shows a front view of the sample tab as heretofore constructed, and

Fig. 5 shows a back view thereof.

The sample tab illustrated in the drawing, as heretofore constructed, as shown in Figs. t and 5 of the drawing, consisted of a mount a of flexible material such as cardboard, the central portion of which was substantially an elongated rectangle provided at its o posite ends with ears a1 and a2, and as usua ly constructed the ear a1 was somewhat longer than the ear a2 and carried upon its front face a number identifying the sample of fabric mounted thereon.

The ears a1 and a are intended to be fitted into complementary slots or openings formed in a leaf of a sample book, or other sup orting carrier, leaving the body portion of t e tab and the sample of goods thereon front view of the imexposed, all as will be clearly understood by.

those skilled in this art.

As heretofore constructed, and as shown in Figs. 4 .md 5, the sample of textile fabric c to be displayed was cut of such a size as to substantially cover the elongated rectangular body portion of the mount. c and was lapped over upon the under surface` is shown at (1.4. and was Secured on the mount by any suitable adhesive.

This method of producing sample tabs is costly and slow, as the individual samples of textile fabric must be first cut up in suitable sizes, and then each piece supplied with an adhesive and carefi'llly folded about and secured upon each individual mount.

My improved sample tab, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, comprises the usual mount b having the ears Jil andJJZM-.ind the elonO gated rectangular body portion, upon one face of which is mounted a textile Sample b, the textile sample extending substantially across the rectangular body portion of the mount and haring its upper and lower edges coincident irith-the upper and lower edges of the rectangular body p0rtion of the mount.

In manufacturing my improved sample tab, I provide a striplof fleitible material suitable for the purpose, and preferably a strip of cardboard c, said strip being of an indefinite length and of a width preferably corresponding to the length of the mounts to be cut therefrom in order to eliminate and reduce Waste to a minimum.

Upon one surface'of the strip @,I secure a strip of fabric c] by a suitable adhesive, and as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the strip of fabric c1V is narrower than the strip c and is laid on the strip c, so that it will be closer to one edge of the strip c than it will to the other edge. The blank thus formed is thereafter cut up by a suitable cutting mechanism, preferably so constructed that it will sever at a single cut from the blank a plurality of sample tabs as shown in Fig. 1. Each o eration of the cutting tool will sever from t e strip or blank as many of the tabs with the projecting ears as the cutter is formed to cut, and the operation will result in only a slight Waste of the cardboard by the formation of the tapering tabs, there being no Waste whatever of the textile material. )f course, a single sample tab may be cut from the blank, but in practice I use a cutter having a cutting ed e formed to cut a number of the sample tas from the blank at a single operation.

The construction of my improved sample tab is such that I am enabled to produce in e, given length of time, und with n minimum nmonnt of labor, a. greatly increased number of sample tabs ns compared with the old forms, sind effecting a` large saving in the oost of labor und materials, more prirticulnrly in the expensiye textile nniterials employed, while at the saine time l decrease the weight und bnlkiness ol the ,sample tubs.

Sample tubs as tlmsy Vformed will be olE less bulk than the old l'orrn, und will lio flatter when inserted in the slots oi' the leaf ol the sample book.

Having thus described niy invention, ,l claim as new :and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A sample tub comprising :t suitable mount of flexible material haring av body portion with integrally formed projecting ears at the opposite ends of said body portion7 and n .smnplr ndhesirrly secured upon one lace of the body portion with its lateral edges disposed adjacent to the projecting ems und its upper and lower edges Coinoi- Il-nt with the upper und lower edges ol' the bod)` portionT llio snnlple being Wholly lorrlted upon one faire ol' ilnA body portion of tlio mount.

3. A sample tulp romprising :1 suitable `mount of flexible material having a body portion With inte lelly formed rojectin tapering ears at t e opposite en s of seid body portion, and a sample :nlbesively secured upon one face of the bod portion with its lateral edges disposed adjacent to the projecting tapering ears, und its opper and lower edges coincident with the upper :1nd lower edges of the body portion,` the. sample being wholly located upon one lince of the body portion of the mount.

3. A sample tub comprising n flexible mount provided :1t opposite ends with projecting ears and :L sample of textile fabric ndhesively secured thereon `and located wholly upon one farce of the body portion of said mount, the upper and lower edges of the sample of textile fabric being coincident with tho upper and lower edges ot the mount. i

In testimony whereof l have signed 'my nnme to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

BERNARD l?, STICNZ.

Witnesses:

Gnonor. H. lilirsnnr, A. H. DAvxs. 

